Geordie favourite Sarah Millican has announced an extra date for her home crowd tour meaning that she will now perform seven nights at Tyne Theatre & Opera House within a three-month period.

While the stint does not quite reach the whopping 11-date sell-out run she enjoyed at the Newcastle theatre last year, her local fans can have no complaints that they don’t get enough of the comedienne’s time.

The South Shields-born TV star, who was recently at the Tyne Theatre to launch her debut book How to be Champion, has added the extra date - Sunday, July 8 - to the six stand-up shows she had already signed up to as part of her upcoming 2018 Control Enthusiast tour.

Tickets for the additional date will go on sale on Wednesday.

A spokeswoman for the theatre said: “We’re so grateful that Sarah continues to support us and come back to Tyne Theatre & Opera House.

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“Tickets for her previously announced shows are now very limited.”

The show tackles the point that the comic is not a control freak but a control enthusiast, apparently, and it promises to address such issues as what can happen at a bra fitting; the benefits of casserole; how to talk to shop assistants, and the correct way to eat a biscuit.

It’s described as “funny, frank and unapologetically filthy” and has an 16-plus age restriction.

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Joanne Johnson, director of the theatre which this year is celebrating its 150th anniversary, said: “This is now Sarah’s seventh date here for 2018. Last year she performed 11 nights and they all sold out.

“She even recently held her book launch here in association with Waterstones, which was a wonderful night.

Sarah Millican's new book (Image: Supplied pic. Free to use.)

She added: “It means an awful lot to us that Sarah chooses to come back to our beautiful 150-year-old theatre, and we’re very grateful for her continued support.”

Tickets for the July 8 show, costing £27.50, will go on sale on Wednesday from 10am.

They will be available from from the box office in Westgate Road; the booking line 0844 2491 000 and online here .

Booking online or over the phone will incur booking fees.

There is also limited availability for Sarah Millican ’s other dates: April 6-8 and July 5-7.